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Antonia  #87285  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:05 PM
Help me, please,
Are his feet on the table or just leaned on the table, or where are his feet?

He propped his feet on the table in front of his chair. They were in the interview room, waiting for the suspect to be processed.


  
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LanguageLover  #87290  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:26 PM
Hi Antonia, I think the feet are on the table (resting on the table). I know, your confusion is due to mentioning both "on" and "against" in the definition of the word. When they mean "to lean", they accompany the verb with the preposition "against". Here is an example from Cambridge Online: I propped my bike (up) against the wall. ( I also looked it up in the Cobuild dictionary, the definition and examples were similar.)
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LanguageLover  #87292  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:34 PM
Or you might have meant if his feet are on the table close to the edge, or if they are just on the edge, leaned against the table, I guess. Hope it helps.
  
pieanne  #87293  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:34 PM
Yes, he put his feet on the table, straight up, I'd say.
  
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Antonia  #87297  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:48 PM
Thank you both for such exhaustive explanations.
Cheers
  
pieanne  #87301  Wed, 06 Apr 05 12:56 PM
Mine was not THAT exhaustive!
  
Antonia  #87304  Wed, 06 Apr 05 01:02 PM
Ok, sorry pieanne, thank you for your not that exhausting but nevertheless helpful suggestion.:)
  
pieanne  #87306  Wed, 06 Apr 05 01:06 PM
LOL!
Do you translate books as a job, or is it for pleasure?
  
LanguageLover  #87309  Wed, 06 Apr 05 01:19 PM
A good answer is the one with breif, yet full of information, Peianne. And it describes yours, and not mine. I just try to guess, sometimes it works, sometimes not!
Do you guys stay at home translating, or you do it at the office, or probably you have another job and you do translate in your free time? A long question, sorry for that.
Cheers,
PS. Peianne, remember you said you were ready to join the English club I had suggested? Well, Mike didn't get back to me, I don't know why. So, what do you suggest? Would you like to go through it till we get an answer from Mike or other moderators? I'm collecting books, so that we could have a small electronic library. And there are a few cooking books among them!Big Smile [:D]
  
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